A friend recently gave me a July 1991 copy of the Maine Sportsman, featuring a photo of me on the cover with a huge bluefish. Do you remember catching bluefish back in the day? Reading through the magazine took me all the way back to the year I started working for the Sportsman’s Alliance of […]
Boy they got the subtitle right for Liza Gardner Walsh’s wonderful book Fairy House Crafts: “Wonderful, whimsical projects for you and your fairy house.” This book, published by Down East Books, is all of that and lots more. Liza includes a whole section on homemade craft supplies from simple milk paint to homemade seed paper. […]
As my legs weaken, due to ALS, I’ve been researching accessible outdoor places, trails, Information on accessible trails, inns, restaurants, and inns. I’m surprised there is no central location where we can access this information. Here is some of the information I’ve found so far, all of it available online. Maine’s state parks are very […]
It’s a miracle that Jamie Rooney turned into such an amazing adult. Her childhood was a nightmare of neglect, physical abuse, and severe poverty. She was surrounded by abusers of alcohol and drugs. Jamie’s book, Black To Blue, published by North Country Press, is sobering and very troubling, especially for a guy like me […]
Here’s a recent news release from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Yesterday, The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said good bye to the third of three biologists who have retired in in the past month. Combined, this trio amassed over 100 years of experience with Maine’s woods and waters, protecting and […]
Lots of interesting and important initiatives are being discussed by DIFW’s Heritage Brook Trout and Charr Work Group, led by Francis Brautigam, Fisheries Division Director. This effort was launched in response to legislative support for my bill to protect tributaries to our Heritage Waters where native brook trout and charr are protected. I was initially […]
Enroute to Lubec last week, lunchtime arrived as Linda and I drove through Jonesboro. On previous trips, we’d noticed a BBQ place there, so Linda suggested we give it a try. Well, it’s unlikely we’ll ever drive by Swamp Yankee BBQ again without stopping for a tasty feast. Myron and Linda Spaulding, after retiring, […]
